Sustainable human resource management in China: a study of a German multinational corporation

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-72

  Rehu, Marjaana ^a   Lusk, Edward J ^a   Wolff, Birgitta ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Germany; institutional framework; management style; performance rewards; work related goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845526482     PISSN: 17460573     EISSN: 17460581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/wremsd.2006.009076     Document Type: Article

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